Is there a book or journal which records the average life span of people in the High Middle Ages...?

Question

...if infant mortality rates are not counted?

Answer 1

Expectations of Life by H.O. Lancaster (1990).

Time Period   Number of Males Observed   Further years of life expected at age 21

1200-1300 7 43.14

1300-1400 9 24.44*

1400-1500 23 48.11

1500-1550 52 50.27

1550-1600 100 47.25

1600-1650 192 42.95

1650-1700 346 41.40

1700-1745 812 43.13

      *black death

Most life expectancy rates include infant mortality, when dramatically shortens average life expectancy.  The trick is to make it to adulthood.

Cheers,

Bruce

Answer 2

Yes...

Answer 3

"Bread Giver" by: Anzi Yezierska